@Ingolf No, I do get it. That feeling is hard to replace. I learned to type on a typewriter so that's probably why I'm adjusted to working with a lot of key travel. I've seen the "drummy" keyboards and they do sound so nice on a good surface and look fun to use. I need my wrists to be stay relatively mobile especially as a tablet user. The Keychrons are not impervious to issues. I had a bit of key chatter on occasion with the Q6 Max when I first started with it probably because of the rubber gaskets, but I think the board broke in enough that it settled because I don't really have a problem now with it. (It did require a firmware update, though)

@Boldline said in Arrange order icons - more intuitive and clean option?: the "arrange order" icons in Affinity seem more intutive to me than what we have in VS and it looks cleaner: I like the VS solution better and faster to use. In my opinion, even icons are clearer in VS.

@monsterfox I will have to review the DXF format to see how the units are handled. I reopened this bug.

@VectorStyler thanks for explanation.

@William-Kansepa said in Replacing linked image caused file size to balloon: If you check in Links panel, the image is still linked not embedded. Yes, but a copy of the image is also in the file. I will check why this happens.

@VectorStyler Hm, figured it out. It must be set here ... [image: 1777450854829-93c46c12-e929-451a-b581-c04526bd7dac-image.png]

@VectorStyler said in Change Screen Mode does not work: Is this the "Single Document View" mode? this should be inactive if no document is open. This is happening when I have open documents.

@Boldline said in Editing Tracking value adds extra characters.: @VectorStyler said in Editing Tracking value adds extra characters.: @debraspicher This should be fixed in the 1.3.012 build @vectorstyler did you leave the 1.3.012 info update off the forum intentionally? No pressure or issue, was just curious Forgot to add that

@Boldline that's a splendid idea! Thank you.

@William-Kansepa said in update 1.3.015: Am getting same result whether the option is checked or unchecked. I will test this more. The option name should be "Allow Ungrouping of Clipping Groups"

@monsterfox Fixed

@stunthamster The file saving issue should be fixed in the newest app store version

It’s actually a great idea; I didn’t realise it was implemented in any apps yet. It moves past that old-school "pulling levers on a factory machine" style of usability as the only way of doing things. I’ve looked into it briefly; it’s not (yet) a macOS system default as such, but it’s definitely become the gold standard for Mac apps recently. Apple’s been pushing this "empty state" logic in their latest frameworks, so while you have to code the double-click interaction yourself, it’s what users may expect from a modern macOS app soon. For instance, it’s already implemented in Apple’s new Pages, Numbers, and so on. I assume it makes sense given all the touch devices currently out there and those yet to come. I do wonder, though, how on earth anyone is supposed to discover it exists. But then again, I know I grew up with that old-timer menu loyalty, whereas the coming generations will be interacting with their software physically and verbally. Note: Canva is currently rolling out AI integration in Affinity and Canva, so you can, for example, tell it to "rename all layers" and the day is fast approaching where AI can rename every layer based on a qualified guess of the content (and I'll use THAT feature instantly). Classic clicking and menus might soon be rebranded as "Classic Architecture Mode."

got a copy of Rebelle made a video here how panel hiding in Rebelle is working

@Boldline Thanks for this post. I just discovered the option key to change modes and that is very useful

@VectorStyler yes, I agree the snap option for art board works just fine for VS. I love the snap option in VS for moving a line to be similar to another close by! I don't think I realized it could do such magic! That said, I still think the line angle lock is a cool feature I'd love to see in VS at some point when possible - just my vote and opinion

@VectorStyler thank you - yes, if I turn on snapping, it will close the path as expected. I did notice however, it does not work as well on non-circle results like I was demonstrating. If the shape is not a circle, even with the snapping on, it will not join together properly. here is a video showing this In the video, I also show how it would be helpful if the snapping would show the midpoint of the path nearby in this case right below it so I could make my node centered if I wanted to. Does this go against the principle of the tool? Because I understand it's meant to be an on the fly adjustment as you work not necessarily technical. Even as a general option for all plotting tools - it would be handy to have snapping indicate when you are at the center point of a nearby path. it works in VS when there is already a node there to represent that spot like in this video The end of the video cuts to the open source "Graphite" where it allows for that kind of thing

@VectorStyler Thanks, appreciate it.

@VectorStyler Thank you so much! Wasn't expecting such a speedy response, another +1 Much appreciated

@Subpath @vectorstyler Thanks, was searching for that command. It's mapped under attributes and I was looking elsewhere. Couple of things I managed to add a menu shortcut using the customize toolboxes, but when I click on the icon, it only displays the attributes popup, and the icons and text description are not right. [image: 1776015361107-screenshot-2026-04-12-at-11.04.01-pm.png] I tried to add a custom shortcut, but it appears as “attribute” instead of being labeled as the cloned or clone, as it was named in the menu. I haven’t tested the shortcut yet. [image: 1776015935820-screenshot-2026-04-12-at-11.14.46-pm.png] I have two objects, one blue and the other magenta, each with its clone. When I select only one cloned object, say blue, the clone command selects parent clones of blue and magenta. Not sure if this is how it’s supposed to work. I would expect to select only blue parent clone only. [image: 1776015718706-screenshot-2026-04-12-at-11.01.11-pm.png] By the way, in Mac, Command+D to duplicate, and Option+D to clone. I don’t recall changing the shortcuts. Perhaps I did, and I need to check on that. Hope cloning of parent object instead of cloned ones could be addressed. Thanks.